http://www.usmagazine.com/taxonomy/term/856 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.usmagazine.com/wesley-snipes-sentenced-to-three-years-in-jail <div class="field field-type-text field-field-celebrity-news-dek"> <h3 class="field-label">Celebrity News Dek</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">The actor was found guilty for failing to pay $2.7 million in taxes</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <h3 class="field-label">Body</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p><b>Wesley Snipes</b> was sentenced to three years in jail Thursday on charges of tax evasion.</p> <p>In February, a jury in Florida had found Snipes guilty of failing to pay $2.7 million in taxes over a three-year span.</p> <p>Snipes' attorneys had claimed in the Florida court that he owned only $228,000.</p> <p>The <i>Blade</i> star was acquitted of three identical counts and two felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy.</p> <p>Three years in prison was the maximum sentence. Prosecutors had also sought a $5 million fine.</p> <p>Check out <b>Us</b>' celebrity mug shot archive <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity_mugshot_archive" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-exclusive"> <h3 class="field-label">Is this an Us Exclusive, Breaking News, or just regular Top Story?</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-include-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Include Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-pop-up-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Pop Up Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image-preview"> <h3 class="field-label">Blog Photo 155x103</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/wesley-snipes-jail-p.jpg" alt="Wesley Snipes" title="" width="155" height="103" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-breaking-news-image"> <h3 class="field-label">News Main Photo 155x175</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/wesley-snipes-jail-n.jpg" alt="Wesley Snipes" title="" width="155" height="175" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image"> <h3 class="field-label">Story Photo 290 x TK</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/wesley-snipes-jail-b.jpg" alt="Wesley Snipes" title="" width="290" height="457" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-image-caption"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Caption</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Wesley Snipes arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-photo-credit"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Credit</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Frazer Harrison/Getty Images</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-related-posts"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Posts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">2</div> </div> </div> http://www.usmagazine.com/wesley-snipes-sentenced-to-three-years-in-jail#comments Wesley Snipes Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:10 -0400 Henry Seltzer 17110 at http://www.usmagazine.com http://www.usmagazine.com/wesley_snipes_arrested <div class="field field-type-text field-field-celebrity-news-dek"> <h3 class="field-label">Celebrity News Dek</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <h3 class="field-label">Body</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Actor <b>Wesley Snipes</b> was arrested and taken into custody by federal authorities Friday morning after arriving at Orlando International Airport, <a href="http://wwww.tmz.com/2006/12/08/wesley-snipes-arrested/">TMZ</a> and the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_en_ce/people_wesley_snipes_indicted">Associated Press</a> report. </p> <p>The 44-year-old actor had returned from shooting a movie, <i>Gallowwalker</i>, in the African region of Namibia.</p> <p>Snipes was charged in October with fraudulently claiming refunds totaling nearly $12 million in 1996 and 1997 on income taxes already paid. The star of the <i>Blade</i> trilogy and <i>White Men Can’t Jump</i> was also charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004.</p> <p>According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients.</p> <p>If convicted, he faces up to 16 years in prison.</p> <p>Talk to <i>Us</i>: <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/wesley_snipes_arrested">What should Snipes punishment be?</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-exclusive"> <h3 class="field-label">Is this an Us Exclusive, Breaking News, or just regular Top Story?</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-include-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Include Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-pop-up-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Pop Up Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image-preview"> <h3 class="field-label">Blog Photo 155x103</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/SNIPES_THUM.jpg" alt="" title="" width="76" height="94" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-breaking-news-image"> <h3 class="field-label">News Main Photo 155x175</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image"> <h3 class="field-label">Story Photo 290 x TK</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/SNIPES_BLOG.jpg" alt="" title="" width="290" height="660" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-image-caption"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Caption</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Snipes in New York City earlier this year.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-photo-credit"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Credit</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">WireImage.com</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-related-posts"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Posts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">0</div> </div> </div> http://www.usmagazine.com/wesley_snipes_arrested#comments Wesley Snipes Arrested Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:56:35 -0500 Noelle Hancock 4524 at http://www.usmagazine.com http://www.usmagazine.com/nick_and_jessica_theya_re_blogging_just_like_us <div class="field field-type-text field-field-celebrity-news-dek"> <h3 class="field-label">Celebrity News Dek</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <h3 class="field-label">Body</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><div class="photocredit right"><img id="image927" src="http://www.usmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/JessNick1.jpg" alt="JessNick1.jpg" / class="left"> <p>Getty Images</p> </div> <p>Finally, the cool kids are blogging -- vindication at last! That's right, <b>Nick Lachey</b> and <b>Jessica Simpson</b> have joined the blogosphere, although they probably think “blogosphere” is a new club that just opened in West Hollywood. It’s totally the new Mood, right? Reuters reports: </p> <blockquote><p>Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson are back together -- in the wireless world, anyway. Both are participating in a new mobile blogging service offered by Sprint called BlogStar, which also counts <b>Wesley Snipes</b>, <b>The Game</b> and <b>Bam Margera</b> as contributors.</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>The rich and famous stars are documenting their lifestyles with camera phones and posting pictures, text and, eventually, video to their personalized mobile blogs.</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>Access to each blog costs $5 per month. Subscribers receive alerts when new posts are uploaded, to which they can leave replies as well as discuss content with other subscribers.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes, you too can pay to receive posts that were written by assistants of the assistants of the assistants to the stars, who barely glanced at them beforehand and asked, “What is this again? Oh, yeah, whatever. I dunno, tell them I ate five small meals today and did 45 on the elliptical or something. Just don’t make me look stupid."<br /> &nbsp;<br /> <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&amp;storyid=2006-04-22T011421Z_01_N21379591_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLOGSTAR.xml">Celebrity blogging goes wireless with BlogStar</a> [Reuters]</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-exclusive"> <h3 class="field-label">Is this an Us Exclusive, Breaking News, or just regular Top Story?</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-include-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Include Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-pop-up-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Pop Up Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image-preview"> <h3 class="field-label">Blog Photo 155x103</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-breaking-news-image"> <h3 class="field-label">News Main Photo 155x175</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image"> <h3 class="field-label">Story Photo 290 x TK</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-image-caption"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Caption</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-photo-credit"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Credit</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-related-posts"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Posts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">0</div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/nick_and_jessica_theya_re_blogging_just_like_us">read more</a></p> http://www.usmagazine.com/nick_and_jessica_theya_re_blogging_just_like_us#comments Bam Margera Jessica Simpson Nick Lachey The Game Wesley Snipes Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:06:11 -0400 Noelle Hancock 1007 at http://www.usmagazine.com